Peter Dutton says nuclear ‘will make electricity cheaper’ but critics say Coalition costings a ‘fantasy’

Opposition leader spruiks Frontier Economics modelling but Labor insists it won't pass the pub test'

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Peter Dutton is promising power bills will be 44% cheaper under his $331bn nuclear energy plan, but the modelling relies on demand not increasing as much as the government expects, despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles and energy-hungry technologies.

Dutton claimed on Friday his plan to introduce nuclear energy in Australia would keep the lights on" at a lower cost than the Labor government's renewables-reliant transition.